| Dum Dum Dugan | |
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 Dum Dum Dugan as he appeared on the cover ofSecret Warriors #4 (May 2009). Art byJim Cheung. | |
| Publication information | |
| Publisher | Marvel Comics |
| First appearance | Sgt. Fury and his Howling Commandos #1 (May 1963) |
| Created by | Stan Lee (writer) Jack Kirby (artist) |
| In-story information | |
| Full name | Timothy Aloysius Cadwallader "Dum Dum" Dugan |
| Team affiliations | S.H.I.E.L.D. Howling Commandos U.S. Army Rangers British Army Flying Commandos Great Wheel "Avengers" (1959) Godzilla Squad S.T.A.K.E. C.R.A.D.L.E. |
| Notable aliases | Libra |
| Abilities | Extensive military training, skilled marksman, expert in espionage and intelligence |
Timothy Aloysius Cadwallader "Dum Dum"Dugan is a character appearing inAmerican comic books published byMarvel Comics. He is an officer ofS.H.I.E.L.D. and is one of the most experienced members ofNick Fury's team, known for his marksmanship withrifles and trademarkbowler hat.
Neal McDonough appeared as the character in theMarvel Cinematic Universe.
Dum Dum Dugan first appeared inSgt. Fury and his Howling Commandos #1 (May 1963), and was created byStan Lee andJack Kirby.[1]
Dum Dum Dugan received an entry in theOfficial Handbook of the Marvel Universe Update '89 #2.[citation needed]
Dum Dum Dugan was originally portrayed as a British citizen inSgt Fury #1, but laterretconned to be born inBoston, Massachusetts. DuringWorld War II, while working as acircus strongman, Dugan helpsNick Fury andSam "Happy" Sawyer escape the Nazis during a mission. Dugan joins theBritish Army, and when Sawyer is charged with creating Fury'sFirst Attack Squad, formally listed as "Able Company" and nicknamed theHowling Commandos, Sawyer invites Dugan to transfer into theUS Army and be Fury's second-in-command. Dugan's exceptional strength saves the day in several of his adventures in theSgt. Furycomic books. Dugan is an enlisted man with the rank of corporal, and wears thechevrons of his rank on the front top of his trademark bowler hat throughout World War II.[volume & issue needed]
Dugan leaves the U.S. Army before theKorean War, but rejoins during the war asSecond Lieutenant under the promotedFirst Lieutenant Fury, once again as his second-in-command of the reformed Howling Commandos. Fury had already received a battlefield promotion to Second Lt. earlier.[2] Dugan remains with Fury when Fury continues his military career into theVietnam War, as shown inSgt. Fury and his Howling Commandos Annual #3-4, and later into espionage work. Dugan's exact rank is not stated, but he is addressed as "Captain" at one point. He remains with Fury when Fury goes into the CIA and later into the originalS.H.I.E.L.D..[volume & issue needed]
Different accounts state that Dugan and other members of the Howling Commandos receive the Infinity Formula to explain how they all remain youthful and active despite being all into their 60s and 70s in the modern era. Other stories contradict this artificial maintenance of youth by Dugan as merely dyeing his hair and suffering aheart attack.[3]
Later on in life, he is placed in charge of internal security on the S.H.I.E.L.D.Helicarrier.[volume & issue needed]
Dum Dum is placed in charge of a SHIELD unit coined the Godzilla Squad, charged with the task of tracking and stopping the radioactivekaiju.[4][5] Over the course of the twenty-four issueGodzilla, King of the Monsters series, Dugan goes from loathing the creature's destructive tendencies to accepting the beast's existence afterGodzilla saves him on numerous occasions. Dugan goes on to recall a long list of his greatest nightmares, one of which includes Godzilla.[volume & issue needed]
After suffering a heart attack, Dugan is formally promoted to Fury's permanent second-in-command of S.H.I.E.L.D. as "Deputy Director",[6] though he has acted as such before his formal appointment.[volume & issue needed]
InMarvel Graphic Novel #18:She-Hulk, Dum Dum Dugan ran S.H.I.E.L.D. during one of Fury's absences. His authority is usurped by the craven, sex-obsessed agentRoger Dooley.She-Hulk andWyatt Wingfoot are illegally captured to which Dugan protests Dooley's forciblestrip search of She-Hulk in public but is overruled. Dugan regains his authority when Dooley is killed in action.[7]
During theNick Fury vs. S.H.I.E.L.D. six issue series, Dum Dum Dugan and, later, the entirety of S.H.I.E.L.D., deal with another mutiny from within. Dugan was shown to have been shot to death while taking out the trash.[8] In this series,Hydra was revealed to have been a sister organization of S.H.I.E.L.D., with both directly controlled by the mysterious council, who had replaced many of the organization's top brass - including Deputy Director Dugan - withLife Model Decoy android duplicates to speed the survival of the fittest selection process that the council had been forcing between the two organizations over the decades.[9] All the officers who were thought to be killed were shown to have been replaced with Life Model Decoy android replacements and were found alive. Dugan retires, along with many of the older officers, at the end of this series.[10] Dugan's retirement does not last long, as he rejoins Fury when the next version of S.H.I.E.L.D. (Strategic Hazard Intervention Espionage Logistics Directorate) is created.[11]
Dugan calls onSquirrel Girl to help him take down various supervillains.[12]
With Fury's absence at the S.H.I.E.L.D. headquarters, Dugan is placed second-in-command toMaria Hill.[volume & issue needed] Dugan is put in charge of mutant affairs, and deals withWolverine.[volume & issue needed] Dugan apparently knows a dire secret to Logan's past.[volume & issue needed]
In Marvel'sCivil Warcrossover, Dum Dum Dugan and several other S.H.I.E.L.D. agents are sent to captureCaptain America to which the entire group is defeated.[13] He expresses regret to fellow agentSharon Carter for trying to capture Steve Rogers.[14] He also states his concerns about losing faith in S.H.I.E.L.D due to the war and the way the organization is run under Hill as Director.[volume & issue needed]
Afterwards, Dugan turns in his letter of resignation when Tony Stark takes over as director of S.H.I.E.L.D. as he does not approve of the changes made or the way the organization is run. Dugan's resignation is not accepted as he is too vital to S.H.I.E.L.D.; despite his disapproval of Stark's leadership, Stark still trusts Dugan, and Dugan alone, with the command of a weapon that could send an abandoned Manhattan into the Negative Zone, destroying the island and anyone inside duringWorld War Hulk, stating that theHulk and the Warbound are too dangerous a global threat to leave Manhattan free. Stark trusts that Dugan will know the appropriate time to execute the plan, if at all. Dugan never used the weapon.[volume & issue needed]
Dugan later proved his worth and loyalty to S.H.I.E.L.D during a confrontation with Hill, where he forced Hill to confront the fact that Hill was apparently willing to take actions that would allow innocent people to die while still sticking to 'the book' because the alternative was to disobey orders, informing Hill that some situations weren't in 'the book'.[15] Inspired by Dugan's words, Hill ended up putting her career on the line by locking down theUnited Nations under S.H.I.E.L.D. martial law so Stark could escape a tribunal and track down theMandarin, with Dugan providing a version ofIron Man'sarmor after the Extremis abilities were deactivated.[16]
Dum Dum is stabbed through the chest byDaken.[17]
Shortly after Rogers's death, it is revealed that Dugan was ambushed and stabbed by aSkrull impersonator who took his place.[18][19] Dugan's impostor destroys the Peak, the orbital base ofS.W.O.R.D., in a suicide strike that allows theSkrull armada to invade Earth.[20] Afterwards, Iron Man discovers the Skrulls' kidnap victims alive and well, including Dum Dum andValentina Allegra de Fontaine.[21] Dugan is later shown in a support group meeting with the others that had been replaced by Skrulls; Dugan wanted to leave immediately but is convinced to stay.[22]
After a confrontation that goes badly between theSecret Warriors and theGorgon, Fury calls up Dum Dum Dugan's "Howling Commandos"PMC for help in the missions, needing "a couple of nasty old bastards with a bad habit of shooting first and asking questions later." Dugan learns that the new S.H.I.E.L.D. organization has been controlled by their old enemies Hydra right from the start,[23] the same as the older incarnations of S.H.I.E.L.D.[24] Dugan later shows up as part of Fury's efforts to bring down Hydra and yet another secretive organization, the RussianLeviathan.[25] Dugan andJasper Sitwell soon became all that is left of the Howling Commandos PMC after battles with Hydra and Leviathan and are arrested by the U.N. At the end ofSecret Warriors, Dugan and Sitwell were released.[volume & issue needed]
Dugan is recruited as part of a multi-verse wide effort to stop a supernatural-powered Nazi zombie army. Assisted byHoward the Duck, he takes a team of warriors to the affected reality and manages to neutralize the threat at the source.[26]
A Hydra group attempts to devastate civilization via super-powered shock-troops and media that inflames people's personal beliefs into irrationality. Dugan leads the effort in destroying this group, often with high explosives. He works closely with Carter and theFalcon. Dugan is severely wounded in the upper arm but recovers.[27]
During theOriginal Sin storyline, it is revealed Dum Dum Dugan was killed in 1966 while on a Black Ops mission, and Fury had his body preserved and his mind transferred to an advanced Life Model Decoy before anyone else learned that Dugan was dead. Fury claims that this was because he wanted to keep his best friend alive in some form, but Dugan is angered at Fury's actions, declaring that the real reason Fury kept him alive was so that Dugan could be his "hairshirt", allowing Fury to tell himself that he was not a monster if he still felt bad about things like what had happened to Dugan. Dugan commits suicide, butMaria Hill later rebuilds the LMD as he is too vital to S.H.I.E.L.D.[28][29]
An alternate universe variant of Dum Dum Dugan namedDougan appears inMarvel 1602. This version is the commander of Sir Nicholas Fury's soldiers and defender of theRoanoke Colony.[30][31]
An alternate universe variant of Dum Dum Dugan appears inEarth X. This version was killed by the Hydra entity alongside the other Howling Commandos. Nonetheless, his spirit participates inMar-Vell's battle againstMephisto's forces.[32]
Dum Dum Dugan appears inThe Transformers #3.[citation needed]
An alternate universe variant of Dum Dum Dugan appears in theUltimate Marvel imprint.[33][34] This version is S.H.I.E.L.D.'s Director of Mutant Operations who possesses a connection toWolverine and tookChester Phillips' place inProject: Rebirth.[35]
Dum Dum Dugan appears in media set in theMarvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), portrayed byNeal McDonough.[37] This version is one of severalPOWs who was freed and recruited bySteve Rogers to form theHowling Commandos. Dugan first appears in the filmCaptain America: The First Avenger before making subsequent appearances inAgent Carter (2013),[38] theAgents of S.H.I.E.L.D. episode "Shadows",[39] and theAgent Carter (2015) episode "The Iron Ceiling".[40][41] Additionally, an alternate timeline variant of Dugan appears in theWhat If...? episode "What If... Captain Carter Were the First Avenger?".[42][36]
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